Leon Ockenden
Leon Ockenden (* 1978 in Cornwall ) is a British actor , director and author .
life and career
Ockenden grew up in Looe, Cornwall. He left school at the age of 16 to become a baker. After working in hotels in Sweden and Germany for a year, he returned to the UK to work as a pastry chef at the Hilton Hotel on London's Park Lane. He studied performing arts at the College of Further Education , Plymouth. He then received a scholarship to the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art , where he completed a three-year acting course and graduated in 2003.
Ockenden appeared in the British-Australian drama series Tripping Over and played a carpenter named Callum . He dubbed and impersonated FBI agent Norman Jayden in Heavy Rain . Before the show was canceled in 2015, he was a regular on the UK drama series Waterloo Road , in which he played the role of Hector Reid , a fun and sometimes vitriolic physical education teacher.
Private
Ockenden married the actress Vanessa Hehir on October 24, 2010 . You have a daughter.
Filmography (selection)
Movies
year | title | role | Remarks |
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2005 | Vegabond Shoes | Waiter | Short film |
2009 | Mr. Right | Lawrence | |
2009 | Dread | Jimmy Cake | |
2011 | Baroque | Lover / fighter | Short film |
2012 | Red tails | Co-pilot | |
2013 | The cosmonaut | Stas | |
2013 | Don't miss the cup | Peter | Short film |
2015 | Eliana | Dude | Short film |
TBA | Across the river | Cake seller | Post production |
watch TV
year | title | role | notes |
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2003 | Judge John Deed | Nick | Episode: "Economic Imperative" |
2004 | Midsomer Murders | Jamie Cruickshank | Episode: "The Maid in Splendor" |
2004 | Hawking | Rosencrantz | TV movie |
2004 | Hustle | Simon | Episode: "A Touch of Class" |
2004 | Family affairs | Sam Taylor | Regular series (May to December) |
2005 | Totally frank | Miles | Episode: "Bed" |
2006 | Tripping over | Callum | 6 episodes |
2007-2008 | Heartbeat | Dr Chris Oakley | 10 episodes |
2008 | Heroes and Villains | Earl of Leicester | Episode: "Richard the Lionheart" |
2009, 2013 | Casualty | Luke Riley / Adam Ridle | 2 episodes |
2010 | Secret Diary of a Call Girl | Connor | Episode No. 3.7 |
2010 | Identity | DI Terry Eggleston | Episode: "Chelsea Girl" |
2010 | New tricks | Kevin Humphreys | Episode: "Good Morning Lemmings" |
2012 | Best Possible Taste: The Kenny Everett Story | Philip | TV movie |
2012 | Secrets of the Dead | Vasily Arkhipov | Episode: "The Man Who Saved the World" |
2013 | Desert Heart - The Trip Of My Life (Open Desert) | David | TV movie |
2013 | The Cosmonaut: Transmedia Experience | Stas | Leading actor (31 episodes) |
2014 | Waterloo Road | Hector Reid | 20 episodes |
2015 | Mr. Selfridge | Serge De Bolotoff | 10 episodes |
2015 | Supreme tweeter | Tweeter | Episode: "Follow the Leader" |
2015 | The coroner | Danny Ball | Episode: "That's the Way to Do It" |
2016 | This morning | Guest Chef | 10 episodes for Phil Vickery stepped |
2016-2017 | Coronation Street | Will Chatterton | Recurring role; 40 episodes |
Video games
year | title | role |
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2010 | Heavy rain | Norman Jayden |
Music videos
year | title | Artist | role |
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2005 | Desire | Geri Halliwell | boss |
theatre
- Flare Path (2015)
- Muswell Hill (2012)
- Plague Over England (2008)
- Women Beware Women (2006)
- The Tempest (2006)
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Sue Crawford: Heartbeat Heart-throb Leon Ockenden Sets Pulses Racing . In: Daily Mirror . Trinity Mirror . March 30, 2008. Retrieved November 29, 2015.
- ^ Interview - Leon Ockendon (Norman Jayden) . YouTube . March 24, 2012. Retrieved May 18, 2013.
- ↑ Sue Crawford: Heartbeat Heart-throb Leon Ockenden Sets Pulses Racing . In: Daily Mirror . Trinity Mirror . March 30, 2008. Retrieved November 29, 2015.
- ↑ Vicki Power: 'I was sick to my stomach,' says Vanessa Hehir on love scenes with her husband. November 1, 2014, accessed August 20, 2019 .
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Ockenden, Leon |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | British actor, director and writer |
DATE OF BIRTH | 1978 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Cornwall |